California Gov. Gavin Newsom is reportedly considering commuting sentences for 563 death row inmates, sparking fierce ...

Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on California's death row.

The governor has until early January to act if he wants to commute the sentences of people on death row.

California prosecutors have petitioned Governor Gavin Newsom to conduct individual reviews of death sentences, citing ...

Newsom has discussed with his advisors reducing death row inmates' sentences to life in prison without parole, according to the New York Times.

California is one of 27 states that still allows death sentences, though the state last executed a prisoner in 2006; the state has the largest population of people sentenced to death in the country.

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California’s police chiefs sent a plea to Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday to not follow through on sparing 563 inmates from the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom ramped up talks after a botched execution in Tennessee. By Laurel Rosenhall Reporting from Sacramento Gov. Gavin Newsom, a possible presidential candidate, is seriously considering ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering whether to spare 563 inmates from the death penalty as one of his final acts before leaving office in January. Conversations over the potential mass ...

Guards take apart the death penalty chamber at San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP Both celebration – and ire – ...